Wagon-tongue support



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A TOMLINSON WAGON TONGUE SUPPORT.

No. 506,567. Patented oat. 1o, 1893. V

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW TOMLINSON, OF PENFIELD, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-TONGUE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,567, dated October10, 1893. Application filed June 8, 1893. Serial No. 477,000- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW TOMLINSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Penfield, in the county of Ohampaign and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Tongue Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wagon tongue supports; and itconsists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a tongue support which will besimple and inexpensive in construction, and which when not in use willlie along the under side of the tongue, and which is adapted to be swungdown to support the tongue in proper position.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view showing a wagon tongue support attached to theunder side of the tongue. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the devicelowered to support the tongue in a raised position.

A designates the hounds, to which the rear end of the wagon tongueispivoted by a bolt a.

B designates the tongue, and C the whiffletree, the whiffietree beingpivoted to the tongue by a bolt 0, which passes through the tongue andthrough the plate D to securely hold the same in position. The plate Dis furthersecured to the under side of the tongue by a screw or bolt (1.To this plate is hinged an arm E, the outer end of which is providedwith transverse serrated face on one side as shown.

F designates an extension bar, which is also provided with a serratedface and with a longitudinal slot f through which passes the threadedend of a bolt 6 passed through an aperture in the arm E, and upon thisbolt is placed a thumb-nut which bears upon the extension bar and isadapted to bring the serrated faces of the arm and extension bar incontact. This extension bar is preferably rounded at its lower end andis adapted to engage with a spring clip G which is attached to theunderside of the tongue and is adapted to hold the tongue supportparallel with the tongue when it is not in use.

When it is desired to support the tongue the support is released fromthe spring clip and will automatically fall to a vertical position, andwhen in this position will hold the tongue raised instead of permittingthe end' to bear upon the ground.

It will benoted that by this construction tongue in advance of the pivotwhich secures the tongue to the hounds of the wagon, and by providingthe extension bar the Wagon tongue support can be lengthened orshortened to hold the tongue either in a horizontal position or in anupwardly inclined position.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to provide awagon tongue with a hinged support or prop carried by the forward end ofthe tongue and adapted when released from a spring catch to support thetongue in a horizontal position, and I do not claim such constructionbroadlyas myinvention; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Ih combination with a wagon tongue, a support therefor comprising aplate which is secured to the under side of the tongue by the same beltwhich secures the whiffietree thereto, an arm E having a serrated face,and an extension bar F also provided with a serrated face and alongitudinal slot through which a connecting bolt passes, together witha spring ANDREW TOMLINSON.

Witnesses:

H. O. BEAR, JOHN MANTLE.

the wagon tongue support is located on the t

